The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-04-07

a small swing for o mans faculties, and some
men have left the ministry with that idea "
One such said to Rowland Hill: II have left
the ministry, because don't want to hide my
talents any longern "Well," replied Rowland
Hill, II think the more you hide your talents
the better" Why, there is no field on earth
SO grand as that which is open before the
Gospel ministry. Have you powers Of anal
yss? exhaust them here. Have you uncon-
querable logirz let it grapple with Paurs
Epistle to tie Romans. Have you strong
imagination? let it discourse on the Psalms Of
David or Johns apocalyptic vision. Have
you great powers of pathos? exhaust it il tell
ing the story of a Savior's love. Have you
bold style of thinking? then follow Eezel,iels
wheel, full of eyes, and hear through his
chapters the rush Of the wings of the sera-
phim All ye who want grand field in
which to work for God, come into the gospel
ministry At any rate, como into Christian
circles, and somewhere and somehow declare
the grace of God. Pardon for all sin. Com
fort for all trouble. Eternal life for al the
dead. o, my soul preach it forever. 1t has
been my ambition, and l believe it has
been yours, my dear people, in these years
of my ministry to have this soul saving
church, and we never yet threw out the Cos
pei net but we drew in a great multitude.
They have come 100 at time, and 200 at a
time, and $50 at a time, and | expect the day
VIII appear when, III some service, there viii
be 5000 souls accepting the offers Of eternal
life. I wish I could tell you some circun-
stances that have come under my observation,
proving the fact that God has blessed the
prayers of these people in behalf Of souls i'm
mortal. could tell you OF one night when
stood at the end of the Platform and q gentle
man passed me, his cheek bronZed with the
sea, and as ho went into the inquiry room be
said to me: II am an Englishman." | said:
81 am very glad to see you; walk in" That
night he gave his heart to the Lord.
1t was q clear case Of quick but
thorough conversion. Passing out at
the close of the inquiry meeting l
said: "How long have you been i'll this coun-
try?" He said: II arrived by steamer this
morning at II o'clock" 1 said: Glow long
will you be in the city?n He said: Il leave
tomorrow for Canada, and thence 1 go to
Halifax, and thence to Europe, and Ill never
be here again. l said: 81 thinl; you must
have come to this country to have your souj
saved" He said: THAT certainly was the
reason.n In that other room, one night, at
the close of the service, there sat among other
peTaOns, three persons looking 50 cheerful that
[ said to myself: 'These are not anxious in
4nirers." | said to the man: "Are you
Christian" He said: II am" l said: "When
did you become a Christian." He said: "-To-
night" His wife sat next to him. 1 said to
ler: care you a Christians' She said: II
am" / said: "When did you become Chris
tian?" She said; 'To-night." I remarked: "Es
this young lady your daughterl' They said:
eyes" l said to her: "Are you Christian!'
She said: "Yes" | said: "When did you be-
come Christian!" She said: "To-night." I
said to them: "From whence came you?"
They said: "We are from Charleston, S. c."
I said: "When did you Gomez" They said:
owe came yesterday" "How long are you
going to rcmainN eve go tomorrow. We
have never been here before, and shall never
be here again" | have heard from them
since. They are members of the church Of
Jesus Christ, in good and regular standing,
eminent for consistency and piety. And SO
God has made it a soul-saving church. But
[ could tell you of a tragic scene, when once,
at the close Of the service, 7 found man in
one of these front seats, wrought upon most
nightly. l said to him: ''What is the
matterF' He replied: II am a captive of
strong drink; l came from the west;
thought, perhaps, you could do IGe some
good: | find you can't do me any good ::
"Come into this side room and we will talk
together" "Oh, moi" he said, "there's no
need of my going in; I am a lost man; l have
beautiful wife; [ have four beautiful chill
dren; had q fine profession; 1 have had
| thorough education; I had every opportunity
a man ever had but am q captive of strong
| drink God only knows what | suffer" l
said: "Be encouraged; come in here and wen
| talk together about it." "No," he said, Il
can't come; you can't do mo any good. was
| on the Hudson River railroad yesterday, and
| coming down | resolved never again to touch
drop of strong drink. While l sat there a
| man came ina low creature-and sat by me
| He had whisky flask and he said to me:
| "Will you take drinI?' l said: "No;" but
| Oh, how | wanted it And as l said no it
seemed that the liquor curled up around the
mouth of the flask and begged: Take me take
me! take mel" Ifelt couldntresisti it, and yet
| was determined not to drink, and l rushed
out on the platform of the car, and l thought
| | would jump off; we were going at the rate
| of forty miles an hour, and | didn't dare to
Jump: the paroxyism of thirst went off, and
l am here tonight" [ said: "Come in, tn
pray for you, and commend you to God.n lie
came in trembling. Some of you remember.
! After the service we walked out and up the
street. 1 said: you have an awful struggle,
I'll take you into a drug store, perhaps the
doctor can give you some medicine that will
help you in your struggle, though, after all
you will have to depend upon the grace of
God l said to the doctor: "Can you give
this man something to help him in his battle
against strong drink" II can,n replied the
doctor, and he prepared a bottle of medicine
| said: There is no alcohol in this-no strong
drink.7 "None at ALL" said the doctor
How long will this last?' l inquired. at
will last him a week" "O," | said,
"give us another bottle" We passed out
into the street and stood under the
gaslight 1t was getting late and l said to
to the man: II must part with you. Put
your trust in the Lord, and he will see you
through. You will make use of this medicine
when the paroxysm Of thirst comes on" A
few weeks passed away, and l got letter
from Boston saying: "Dear friend, [ inclose
the money you paid for that medicine.
have never used any of it. The thirst for
strong drink has entirely gone away from
me- | send YOU two or three newspapers to
show you what 1 have been doing since
came to Boston," / opened the newspapers
and saw accounts of meetings of 1900 or
5000 people to whom this man had been
preaching Righteousness, temperance and
Judgment to come. l have heard from him
again and again since. He is faithful now,
and will be, l know, faithful to the last. O,
this wolk Of soul saving! Would God that
out of this audience to-day 500 men might
hear the voice Of the son of God bidding them
come to q glorious resurrection
All thA offers of the Gospel are extended to
you, without money and without price
and you are conscious of the fact that these
opportunities will soon be gone forever. The
conductor of rail train was telling me of
the fact that he was one night standing by
his train on a side track, his train having
been switched off so that the express train
might dart past unhindered. He said while
he stood there III the darkness, beside his train
on the side track, he heard the thunder Of the
express in the distance. Then he saw the
fash of the headlight The train came with
fearful velocity, nearer and nearer, until
| sitter awhile, when it came very near,
by the Fash Of the headlight, he